Our last day on site was a recreation day to rest, debrief, and enjoy Maui as a team before going home. In the morning, our team split into two groups. One went into town to do some souvenir shopping while the other group did the 4+ mile Waihee trail near camp. It was awesome to see a different piece of God’s creation than what we are used to, and it was cool to watch students continue to lean into conversations with one another. After lunch, the team went to the more touristy side of the island, to Kaanapali. We closed the evening with a time of debriefing on the beach and sharing the ways we have seen God work this week. As we watched the sunset, we had a beautiful time of worship, praising God for who He is and what He has done. After awhile, some people had started…
Continue ReadingWednesday morning we went out in two groups. Group 1 went to Oskie Rice event center to help with clean up of the arena and other miscellaneous tasks. This was the place the group participated in worship on Sunday. Group 2 meet up with them at the event center after going to Giggle Hill park to help with playground clean. The students pulled weeds and swept the playset. After completing our work time we drove to a new Beach called Baby beach. Students swam, snorkeled, walked the beach, relaxed and watch sea turtles in the ocean before heading back to camp for dinner, worship and devotions.
Continue ReadingToday we split into two groups. One group went back the to warehouse to help with the clothing drive and help organize the warehouse and the other back to Aunt Nettie’s to continue their work there. We joined back together at the beach. A group of students stayed at the beach and another choose to adventure to a trail that lead to a waterfall. We all meet back at camp for dinner, worship, devotions and free time at the camp.
Continue ReadingGroup 1- update by Kirsten Today our group served at a resource center. We spend the day distributing food and clothing to community members impacted directly or indirectly by the fires. We had some great connection conversations with long term volunteers and got to see their care for the community, and it was really cool to watch students connect with and engage everyone who came through the doors to show them God’s love and care in getting physical needs met. Group 2- update by Kaylynn Our team went to work with Malama Kula, a non profit group that has been working to cleanup from the fires in Kula and bring restoration to the land and community. They took time to share the “why” of what we would be doing that day- showing us the damage from the fires, as well as explaining the benefits of certain trees and plants and…
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Continue ReadingDay 2. We all started out with a breakfast crafted by the praying pelicans staff! Delicious pancakes and sausages were distributed to all of the students. Next, we were graciously invited to a local church with many welcome hands. The sermon was very well received and we got to meet with a lot of local people from Waipuma Chapel, one of the church partners of Praying Pelican Ministry. Then, we headed to the fire department that the first responders in the wild fires worked and we prayed over the people of Lahiana and acknowledged their work. After that we arrived at a memorial that housed a walk that showed us everyone who lost their lives in the fires. We each individually took time to pray over the memorial and process the depth of the fires. Next, we made our way to an orientation at Auntie Netties, a place designed to…
Continue ReadingWe are in Hawaii. We are praising God for a smooth travel day. Everything went off without a hitch. The morning started bright and early at the GRR airport at 3:15am and we arrived in Maui at around 2pm Hawaii time, 8pm home. We settled into our camp, meet our leaders and another church team staying at the camp and working with the Praying Pelican team. For dinner we went into town and were given money to have dinner at a food truck station. We are now back at camp and winding down for hope of a good night sleep. Tomorrow will start bright and early with breakfast and devotions at 7am and then heading to a local church for service. In the afternoon we will head out to Lahaina to visit a memorial from the fires and meet with the director of the resource center where we will be…
Continue ReadingThe HSM Hawaii mission team has been hard at working preparing for their service trip to Hawaii. The team has meet to do some team building exercises, learn more about the organization we will be serving with, Praying Pelican, learning more about the fires that created the need for our team to serve in Hawaii and working together to help fundraise for the trip. Team building: The group of students and leaders have been meeting regularly in order to build relationship prior to leaving on the mission trip. The meeting consist of games and activities plus praying with our prayer partners. Praying Pelican Ministries: To learn more about the organization we are partnering with for this mission trip, visit their website, https://www.ppm.org/. Hawaii Fires: As a group we watched the documentary below. This was a very devastating view of all that was lost in the fires that ripped thru Lahaina. It helped…
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